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Grand Teton National Park offers exceptional wildlife viewing. The
park greatly benefits from only being a few miles south of Yellowstone
National Park. The expansive and wild Yellowstone ecosystem allows
for fantastic wildlife viewing of not only large mammals, but also
many bird species. Grand Teton National Park is famous for its high
quality moose watching, as well as elk , bear, bison and swan. Golden
and bald eagles soar overhead, while marmots scurry on alpine slopes.
Grand Teton National Park truly is a wonderful place to observe
wildlife.
Grand Teton National Park is grizzly country, so practice bear
safety precautions such as hiking with bear spray, making noise
while hiking, and keeping food and odors out of tents.
Download the Grand Teton National Park Mammal
Finding Guide.
Download the Grand Teton National Park Bird
Finding Guide.
Or use the mammal checklist at the
bottom of this page.
Moose: Oxbow Bend, Two Ocean Lake area, Gros Ventre area
Bears: Cascade Canyon, Two Ocean Lake area, Lizard Creek
area
Bison: Sagebrush flats from Gros Ventre to north entrance
Coyote: All over park
Eagles: Bald eagles along the Snake River, lakes. Golden
eagles over the sagebrush flats and canyons.
Elk: Jenny Lake entrance, NE entrance near Snake River,
Two Ocean Lake
Otters/beavers: Watery areas of the park in lowlight hours
Moose: Oxbow Bend, Two Ocean Lake area, Gros Ventre area
Mule Deer: All over park, Ocean Lake area, Gros Ventre
area
Pronghorn: East of Jenny Lake entrance
Swans: Oxbow Bend
Wolves: Rare, hard to see
Grand Teton National Park is one of those rare parks where the
wildlife viewing is just as amazing as the scenery. This environment
provides for simply outstanding wildlife photography. For those
with a standard point and shoot, Grand Teton National Park will
offer great images. If you have a 3x zoom and you want some wildlife
shots, hang out around the Jenny Lake area where the pines meet
the sagebrush. Or you can try Oxbow Bend for the swans and possible
moose. For those with a DSLR, make sure you bring a standard zoom
and a long zoom. You do not want to be short on gear in Grand
Teton National Park. On a 1.6x crop body, an 18-40 or 50 standard
zoom will work very well for landscapes(28-80 on a 1.6x crop)
, and you will at least want 200mm for wildlife. An ultra wide
angle lens is not necessary for Grand Teton National Park. Using
an ultra wide angle lens to photograph the Tetons from the sagebrush
flats will render the mountains small and unimpressive
Grand Teton Mammal Checklist:
a – Abundant. Likely to be seen in appropriate
habitat and season.
c – Common. Frequently seen in appropriate
habitat and season.
u – Uncommon. Seen irregularly in
appropriate habitat and season.
r – Rare. Unexpected even in appropriate
habitat and season.
x – Accidental. Out of known range, or
reported only once or twice.
? – Questionable. Verification unavailable.
Insect-eaters
c - Masked Shrew
c - Vagrant Shrew
r - Dwarf Shrew
u - Northern Water Shrew
Bats
c - Little Brown
u - Long-eared
u - Long-legged
u - Silver-haired
r - Hoary Bat
u - Big Brown
Rabbits and Hares
c - Pika
c - Snowshoe Hare
u - White-tailed Jackrabbit
Gnawing Mammals
a - Least Chipmunk
c - Yellow Pine Chipmunk
u - Uinta Chipmunk
c - Yellow-bellied Marmot
a - Uinta Ground Squirrel
c - Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
a - Red Squirrel
u - Northern Flying Squirrel
u - Northern Pocket Gopher
a - Beaver
a - Deer Mouse
u - Bushy-tailed Woodrat
c - Southern Red-backed Vole
c - Heather Vole
a - Meadow Vole
a - Montane Vole
u - Long-tailed Vole
c - Richardson Vole
r - Sagebrush Vole
c - Muskrat Ondatra
c - Western Jumping Mouse
c - Porcupine
Ursidae – Bear Family
c - Black Bear
u - Grizzly Bear
Canidae – Dog Family
a - Coyote
u - Gray Wolf
r - Red Fox
Mustelidae – Weasel Family
c - Marten
u - Short-tailed Weasel
r - Least Weasel
c - Long-tailed Weasel
u - Mink
r - Wolverine
c - Badger
u - Striped Skunk
c - River Otter
Felidae – Cat Family
r - Mountain Lion
r - Lynx
r - Bobcat
Procyonidae – Raccoon Family
r - Raccoon
Cervidae – Deer Family
a - Elk (wapiti)
c - Mule Deer
r - White-tailed Deer
a - Moose
Antilocapridae – Pronghorn Family
c - Pronghorn
Bovidae – Cattle Family
c - Bison
x - Mountain Goat
u - Bighorn Sheep
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